Thank you..

to whomever was watching over us, because things seem to be coming together. Our mortgage man talked to the halifax who are still happy to give us the money and have faxed our solicitor to that effect. She is working on the basis that we will exchange on monday os fingers crossed that we do. I won't believe it until we get a call to say it has been done. So, Mom, St. Anthony, Grandma keep looking out for us please!! I can't remember when I last felt so stressed and anxious and so utterly helpless to control a situation. I know that we are not unique and that things always go wrong-perhaps this should be a sign that the system should change. Things don't have to be hard in life, suffering is not good for the soul.

One thing that annoys me about this whole process is that I can't get anyone (solicitors, sales negoiators, bank people etc) to call me by my first name. Half of these people are older than I am and it feels so false to have them call me Mrs. D. What if I wasn't married, would they call me Miss? Why can't they just use my first name? I am sure that they use my last name out of some sense of propriety by why then do they not insist that I use their surnames? It just doesn't seem right. If I can call them by their first names then they should use mine. We are all equals after all, arent't we??

We had an interesting history lesson today. We are doing the rise of the babylonian empire and how nebuchadnezzar conquered jerusalem and built the hanging gardens. It came to me in the middle of our discussion that the Boney M song "By the Rivers of Babylon" would just fit the bill. So off we went to computer and downloaded it from itunes. I always knew my dodgy taste in music would come in handy someday! We both enjoyed singing along and I now can't get the song out of my head. We also had a long discussion about slavery and how it would feel to be taken as a slave. Sam as very shocked to hear that slavery still exists and I was at a loss to explain why we as a race are so cruel to each other.

Went along to Activity World and nobody minded S still having chicken pox. It was nice to catch up with everyone and sam had a ball running around with the other boys. The older boys are so good with him, I just hope he doesn't annoy them too much.

Finally got an appointment at the US Embassy to renew Sam's passport so someone was definately looking out for us up there. Can't believe that we all have to go to renew it, how silly is that.

A busy weekend ahead, more decorating and entertaining the in laws on sunday for mother's day.